Feds say they disrupted suicide bomb plot against Wichita airport

quote:Federal officials say they've arrested a Kansas man who allegedly wanted to set off a suicide bomb at the Wichita airport

quote:In advance of the news conference, an official familiar with the case told NBC News that the suspect was "an older white man," who became radicalized after reading extremist Islamic material on the web. The official said FBI had the suspect under constant surveillance and that undercover operatives, posing as like-minded individuals, had met with the suspect frequently.

re: Feds say they disrupted suicide bomb plot against Wichita airport(Posted by jamboybarry on 12/13/13 at 1:29 pm to pistolpete23)

quote:became radicalized after reading extremist Islamic material on the web. The official said FBI had the suspect under constant surveillance and that undercover operatives, posing as like-minded individuals, had met with the suspect frequently.

IOW FBI undercover folks planted the idea, egged him on, provided the "weapon" and then arrested him